Admiral Priamo Leonardi

[LColombo]

Does anyone know a photo of this officer? He's one of the very few Italian admirals from WWII for whom I can't find any image. Only a very low resolution picture taken in 1935, when he was a Lieutenant Commander in command of the gunboat Lepanto in Shanghai, but it is of such low quality that one cannot even discern his face.

[Messe62]

I consulted the Uomini Della Marina 1861-1946. Admiral Priamo Leonardi is listed but the photo is one of him with his crew, probably the same one you have. If u want biographical info on him Ill send it to you...otherwise heres a link to the photo. I hope its better than what you have.

http://www.difesa.it/Area_Storica_HTML/ ... html#p=298

[LColombo]

Thanks, but that is indeed the photo I was talking about, too blurry...

[Messe62]

try the official italian archives....contact the Italian embassy, military attache washington DC.